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Accession Number AFC974.17.86 Scientific Name Australopithecus africanus Category mandible Side left Portion fragment with P3-M3 Alternate Taxon Australopithecus prometheus; Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis Cast Source Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta Fossil Owner MSUW Fossil Collector Maguire, B. Date Collected 1961 Place Collected Africa: South Africa, Transvaal Site Makapansgat Age adult Description Plastic cast of a mandible, left fragment with P3-M3 Materials plastic Geologic Age Plio-Pleistocene Stratigraphy Lower Phase I Breccia